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Hey all, I have a 23 XTI and a cover that straps to the trailer. Every time I travel it looks like its performing well - absolutely minimum movement, but I have black marks both where the straps run under the chine line to the trailer and also where the cover turns to come down the sides. They rub out with fiberglass cleaner but its a pain. I will be traveling 2200 miles round trip next summer and will be leaving the boat in a rented slip. should I change to a cover that I can moor with and also travel? I wanted to avoid snaps, but perhaps no way too? Advice is appreciated.

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I have a Rankin cover that does not tie to the trailer and it performs excellently when I use it for travel. That said I only use it for travel when it is raining otherwise I tow it uncovered. As for buttons, no thanks, don't like the look of them takes away from the lines of the boat.JMHO. I use my cover primarily when the boat is moored and it performs perfectly. Ultimately your decision, but buffing out black marks everytime would be frustrating. Hope this helps.

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Do a search & you will find a lot of hits on this topic. From what I gather there are basically two companies out there that do good quality, trailerable covers. Rankin & Evolution. Apparantly the guy who owns Evolution used to work for Rankin. And it appears that since he's left, quality &/or customer service has gone with him. Narrows it down in a hurry.

All that said, I have a Rankin, and love it. I only tow when it's crappy weather or am towing when I have things underneath that I don't want flying out of the boat. And I don't have any marks on the boat to show for it.

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Do a search & you will find a lot of hits on this topic. From what I gather there are basically two companies out there that do good quality, trailerable covers. Rankin & Evolution. Apparantly the guy who owns Evolution used to work for Rankin. And it appears that since he's left Rankin, quality &/or customer service has gone with out him. Narrows it down in a hurry.

All that said, I have a Rankin, and love it. I only tow when it's crappy weather or am towing when I have things underneath that I don't want flying out of the boat. And I don't have any marks on the boat to show for it.

I made a few changes to your post, see if it fits to what your wanting to say. If not I'll delete this post.

As Bill said their are only a hand full of great cover makers. Evolution would be my first pick but some time's he won't have the pattern for your boat so then you would have to go with Rankin. With both companys, make sure the cover fits perfect after you have towed with a few times before your long trip. Covers streach after a few time's of towing and if it was made to loose or you don't tighten all the straps it will leave marks.

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Yep, thats what I meant, D-Goose.

My own boat is like 3 yrs old, the Rankin cover a bit over 2 yrs old. Of the 17 boat slips on our dock, like 4 of them are newer boats & covers. We've had several good rain storms this year, and my boat seems to be the only boat out there with no standing water on the cover.

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